Brit Awards, Inside No.9 and The Truth About Webcam Girls: TV picks

Sammie reveals what her job entails in The Truth About Webcam Girls (Picture: Special Edition Films)

If you’re not glued to the Brit Awards tonight, check out The Truth About Webcam Girls or scientist Michael Mosley’s Infested: Living With Parasites.

The Truth About Webcam Girls, BBC3, 10pm
There can’t be many of us who, whether we’ve clicked there intentionally or not, haven’t had a sex worker pop up in a window on our laptop? But do we ever give a second thought to those for whom a shift at work means interacting with punters and meeting their demands via a webcam? Sammie, Carla and Olivia have been there, done that and here provide an insight into the highs and lows of working as a webcam girl.

Brit Awards 2014, ITV, 8pm
Has it been the year of Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie, Ellie Goulding, Bastille or Disclosure? In truth, the British music scene is so fragmented at present, no single act is likely to dominate the gongs at this year’s Brits at the O2 Arena. So master of ceremonies James Corden should be welcoming a refreshing variety of artists on stage as the prize-giving interrupts live performances from chart-toppers Pharrell Williams, Lorde and Katy Perry. It’s up to Corden to keep things speeding along – the moment he cut Adele off in her gong-waving prime haunts him to this day.

Inside No.9, BBC2, 10pm
Less comic, more deep and dark, tonight’s No.9 takes us to a flat occupied by teacher Tom (Reece Shearsmith) whose aspiring actress girlfriend Gerri (Gemma Arterton) is heading off for an audition when we drop by. It’s the start of a game of cat and mouse, with Steve Pemberton as a homeless man who looms ever larger as the tale twists and doubles back on itself in sinister fashion. You’ll want to press the replay button to search out the subtle signposts you missed along the way.

Michael Mosley puts his body under the microscope for Infested: Living With Parasites (Picture: BBC/Nathan Williams)

Infested: Living With Parasites, BBC4, 9pm
Make sure you’ve eaten dinner well before the watershed tonight as TV scientist Michael Mosley invites a host of parasites to set up home in his body. Why? To test how he responds to an invasion of tapeworms, malaria, head lice and the odd leech crawling around his flesh and bones. And if the sight of tapeworms gyrating around Mosley’s intestines makes you go ewwww, learn why in the section about the part the ‘disgust response’ has played in human evolution.

Line Of Duty, BBC2, 9pm
With the anti-corruption unit reeling from last week’s harrowing events at the hospital, DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) finds himself on the receiving end of some aggressive questioning as investigating officers demand proof he was there on lawful business. The chill factor in this taut police thriller continues to climb as DI Lindsay Denton (Keeley Hawes) plays it cool with her boss when quizzed over the fate of her noisy neighbour upstairs.

Film of the day: Beverly Hills Ninja, MovieMix, 10.55pm
Given the lack of TV movie choices on tonight you might well find yourself flicking to this temptingly titled 1990s comedy. A kind of silly live action pre-dating Kung Fu Panda, it stars Chris Farley (Wayne’s World, Saturday Night Live) as the world’s most unlikely ninja, whose prowess as ‘the Great White Ninja’ was prophesied in some sacred scrolls. There is basically one joke: Farley is fat. He’s also rubbish at ninja-ing. However, if pratfalls are your thing, you’re in for a supersize bucket’s worth. Chris Rock and Nicollette Sheridan may not care to remember that they co-star here.